Joshua Siskin writes about gardening in Southern California.
An almost full moon sits framed between palm trees, on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, in Pomona. Elegance is a quality that may not be essential to beauty, and yet when elegance is present, beauty is definitely there, too.
Palms are generally divided into two categories based on the form of their leaves or fronds: fan palms, such as the one described above, and feather palms. If you are looking for elegance, date palms, all of which have feathery fronds, are a good place to start, albeit with some reservations. Four date palm species are locally seen. The date palm grown for its familiar edible crop has attractive fronds that may reach 20 feet in length.
The Canary Island date is a stout, towering tree used in colonnades — that is, in rows on either side of boulevards, long driveways, or entryways to hotel resorts and other signature destinations. Yet you also will frequently see one of two of them planted at the front of residential properties. Locally,Canary Island date palms are notable for their distinctive appearance after they have been skinned. ‘Skinning’ is the practice of removing pendant but living fronds from a palm tree.
Palm trees are often thought of as restricted to tropical or sub-tropical climates and yet several are tolerant of frost. The first settlers of Palmdale mistook Joshua trees in the area for palms and that is how the city got its name. Yet you can grow at least three species of palms in Palmdale, where winter freezes typically occur, starting with the Chilean wine palm , named for the fact that prior to becoming endangered, it was cut down for its sap that can be fermented into wine.
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